In answer to the original question, I use them occasionally. We are working on a very large residential remodel, 8,000 sq. ft. We ran the homeruns to the attic, and spread out from there. We usually run a lot of branch circuits so they are not loaded up so much, but we may put a bedroom, a closet lite (covered fixture of course!), and maybe a hall light or two on one homerun. This method keeps the number of conductors in switch boxes to a minimum.
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